Best Albums of the 1960s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 52,000 greatest album charts.

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1960s decade summary
YearAlbums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
196058926,436
196155422,947
196262020,820
196364150,239
196475348,857
1965892150,038
1966977193,857
19671,195309,597
19681,546229,819
19691,932352,706
Total9,6991,405,317

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.
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Year of Release:
1969
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65,919
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1966
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57,349
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1967
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51,389
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1968
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43,614
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Year of Release:
1965
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30,879
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1967
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16,214
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Year of Release:
1965
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7,452
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Year of Release:
1964
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7,368
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1963
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3,949
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1964
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2,370
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year Albums %


1960 53 5%
1961 63 6%
1962 48 5%
1963 50 5%
1964 66 7%
1965 93 9%
1966 99 10%
1967 142 14%
1968 194 19%
1969 192 19%
Artist Albums %


The Beatles 17 2%
The Rolling Stones 14 1%
The Beach Boys 14 1%
John Coltrane 13 1%
Miles Davis 12 1%
Bob Dylan 10 1%
Nina Simone 10 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 627 63%
United Kingdom 211 21%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Brazil 26 3%
France 22 2%
Canada 16 2%
Germany 13 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 969 97%
Yes 31 3%
Live? Albums %
No 960 96%
Yes 40 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 17 2%
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